Canada: Day 1, Artist Series
Abeng with Shauntay Grant and Tyshan Wright
![Artists Shauntay Grant and Tyshan Wright with their art piece Abeng](https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20170720144355im_/http://www.pier21.ca/sites/default/files/events/Web-ad_Canada-Day-artists.jpg)
Date: Tuesday, July 25
Time: 5:30 - 7:30 pm
Location: Ralph and Rose Chiodo Gallery
Language: Presented in English
Cost: FREE
A tool of celebration, ceremony, war and the Jamaican Maroons’ sacred symbol, an abeng forms the central pillar in Shauntay Grant and Tyshan Wright’s mixed-media work, Abeng. On Tuesday, July 25th from 5:30 – 7:30 pm, join the artists for a discussion about the creation of Abeng, and enjoy authentic Jamaican foods and live drumming.
Grant’s genealogy dates back to the 1796 arrival of Jamaican Maroons in Halifax, and Wright hails from the historic Maroon town of Accompong in Jamaica. Currently a part of the Canada: Day 1 exhibit, Abeng combines poetry about of Wright’s “Day 1” in Canada with sculpture to create a contemporary exploration of the Maroons’ symbol. Dan Conlin, Curator, will also speak about Abeng’s importance to the Canada: Day 1 exhibit.